Curated category
American computer scientists
- Paul WerbosPaul John Werbos was born on the 4th of September 1947 in the United States. He began his academic journey as a social scientist rather than an engineer or…
- John SchulmanJohn Schulman sat in front of a television screen during the 2005 school year. The program BattleBots played on the screen featured remote-controlled robots…
- Vernor VingeVernor Steffen Vinge published his first short story, "Apartness", in the June 1965 issue of the British magazine New Worlds. He had just received his B.S.
- Jon KleinbergJon Michael Kleinberg was born in 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father Eugene worked as a mathematics professor at SUNY Buffalo.
- John von NeumannBudapest, 1903. A boy named Neumann János Lajos sat at a table in an eighteen-room apartment on the top floor of a building above the Kann-Heller offices.
- Marvin MinskyMarvin Lee Minsky was born on the 9th of August 1927 in New York City. His father Henry worked as an eye surgeon while his mother Fannie served as a Zionist…
- Arthur Samuel (computer scientist)Arthur Lee Samuel entered the world on the 5th of December 1901 in Emporia, Kansas. He walked away from the College of Emporia with a degree in 1923.
- Daniel HuttenlocherDaniel Peter Huttenlocher entered the world in 1959. His father worked as a neurologist at the University of Chicago Medical School.
- Terry WinogradTerry Allen Winograd was born on the 24th of February 1946. He grew up in the state of Colorado before attending college there.
- David ChaumDavid Lee Chaum was born in 1955 to a Jewish family living in Los Angeles, California. He pursued his doctoral studies at the University of California…
- Edward FredkinEdward Fredkin was born on the 2nd of October 1934 to Russian-Jewish immigrants in Los Angeles. His mother worked as a concert pianist but never performed…
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 4th of September 1927. His father came from Cromane, a small fishing village in County Kerry, Ireland.
- Judea PearlJudea Pearl entered the world on the 4th of September 1936 in Tel Aviv. This city sat within the British Mandate for Palestine at that time.